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Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 million years ago
A fossil found in the Namib desert has been described as a 2.5-metre long predator that resembled a giant salamander
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Australian pterosaur had a huge tongue to help gulp down prey
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Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals
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Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted
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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
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Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time
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Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats
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When does a bone become a fossil?
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Exquisite Jurassic fossils reveal cannibalism in ancient fish
Three fossils of Pachycormus fish from the dinosaur era feature smaller members of the same species in their guts - perhaps showing how the animals got by when food was scarce
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Oldest known skin fossil is from 300-million-year-old reptile
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Early fossil identified as new species of Tyrannosaurus
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Massive pliosaur skull sheds light on ancient sea reptile
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1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosynthesis evolved
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